Haute Couture

        Hello again readers, during my time in fashion I heard a lot about "Haute Couture" and I did my research about it. It's a very interesting topic to fashion and I just wanna put down what I know and maybe you'll like Haute Couture, enjoy~

          The true definition of "Haute Couture" is the fashion that is constructed by hand from start to finish, made from high quality, expensive, often unusual fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finished by the most experienced and capable sewers, often using time-consuming, hand-executed techniques.
            It is often thought that haute couture refers to clothing; however, haute couture can actually refer to the fashion designers or fashion houses create the looks. This is why many times we see the word couture tacked onto the end of fashion house or designer names.
            Design made-to-order for private clients, with one or more fittings and must have 20, full-time technical people in at least one workshop (atelier)
            since one of the requirements for haute couture items is that they are completely hand-crafted, you can imagine that making only one garment takes a lot of time, but how long exaclty? According to various fashion websites, it can take anywhere from 100 to 700 hours to create one couture dress.
             The cheapest of couture pieces will cost you $10,000, but evening gowns start at $60,000 and can cost upwards of $100,000.
              The market for haute couture isn'e that big. It is reported that about 2,000 women worldwide purchase haute couture and of those 2,000, only 200 are regular buyers.
           I hope this was great information to you readers, I will post again soon!



(Pic cred to: Harajuku Girl painted for QAGOMA's Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion Exhibition - Watercolour 2014 )